“I realise and apologise that I had used poor judgment in my personal life regarding this relationship,” he said.

“The woman who posted this has reached out to me to apologise.”

Mr Stivers appears to have accepted the resignation of his long-term adviser without so much as a “goodbye and good luck”, despite the fact Mr Kuhn was a loyal employee for six years and did nothing illegal; Ms Allbaugh is married but Mr Kuhn is single.